The Great Park Ranger Photo Kerfuffle
Guest article! Joe Flood’s name’s been seen around here a time or two before, and you can check out his book “Murder in Ocean Hall” or follow him on The Twitter. The piece below originally appeared on JoeFlood.com.
Park Ranger Photo Kerfuffle
By Joe Flood
With this photo, I have inadvertently started a kerfuffle (love that word).
It was part of a series of photos I took of the Washington Monument inspection for earthquake damage.
I took the above photo because I thought it was kind of funny – a park ranger in his big hat on a bike. I submitted it to The Wash Cycle, a local blog on bike advocacy. They ran it with the cheeky title, Only You Can Prevent Bicycle Crashes.
Commenters on the site identified the ranger as Bill Line, spokesperson for the National Park Service. He’s infamous among local bike advocates for opposing the expansion of DC’s bikesharing service to the National Mall. And here he is riding a bike.
Not only that, he’s not wearing a helmet and talking on a cellphone. A bag swings from his handlebars, unsafely. Commenters on the site also critiqued his ancient flip-phone and ratty handlebar tape.
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